25 entries from October 2009

Last month someone was trying to play some kind of joke on us by passing around a fake Magic Unlimited Newsletter.

In the fake newsletter it spoke about Sue-Anne being on the cover of Scouts Weekly Magazine. (Sue-Anne is a very proud Queen Scout, but there was no such story, there's not even such a magazine).

As it was being passed around by a Sydney magician, Scouts Australia got hold of it and immediately contacted us wanting to know more about Sue-Anne.

After talking to her they decided to add her to their select list of 'Famous Scouts' which includes Dick Smith, Peter Garrett, Jack Brabham, Bert Newton, Adam Spencer, and Geoffrey Blainey... good company to be in! (And she's one of only four women on the list)

"Are you her partner? I just want to tell you that you have been specially selected to..."

Then she went into a 3 minute monologue which I put on speakerphone so the Lorikeets could enjoy it. When she finished, there was silence. She said "Hello?"and strangely, when Sparks replied "Hello" in his best voice, she hung up.

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Without revealing trade secrets, do
magicians these days use the latest tricky technology or are acts still all
smoke and mirrors?

It's a combination of both. Magicians are absolute geeks and often embrace
technology before most people are even aware it exists. Magicians were using
electricity to ``light a hundred candles with one gunshot'' before most people
knew it had been discovered.

Has technological advances made
leaving audiences in shock and awe easier or harder?

People are so used to seeing the most amazing sights on TV and at the
movies, but when they see the same things happen live, right before their very
eyes, they are really blown away.

Is it true your sunglasses are
secretly take photos and your watch is a video camera?

Absolutely. One of my favourite websites is www.thinkgeek.com and I've got so many great
toys from them, including my sunglasses which include an MP3 player and digital
camera, and my watch which has an 8MB video camera hidden inside. People tell
me if I wasn't a magician, I'd be James Bond!

Your favourite gizmos?

There are several devices I can't tell you about (because I use them in my
shows!) but I do have a T-shirt with a built-in speaker that gives me a
soundtrack to my daily activities.

Any gizmo you despise?

My brother in law has a TomTom GPS which gives you directions in a pirate's
voice. By the time it's said ``A hundred meeeeeeeeteerrrrrrrs, matey!'' you've
already passed the turn!

How do you get on with your PC?

Fine thanks, but we have two Rainbow Lorikeets who absolutely LOVE our
computers. They chase the cursor on the screen and love pulling the keys off
the keyboard

Of course there are literally hundreds of private magic performances every week here in Australia -These are public magic events that anyone can attend and, if yours is not listed, email them at the Australian Institute of Magic and have yours added to their site!